Tuxentius margaritaceus

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Tuxentius
Species: Tuxentius margaritaceus

Name

Tuxentius margaritaceus Sharpe, [1892].

Type locality: East Africa, Kenya, "Sotik, Cavirondo".

Typus: HT ♀ BMNH.

Synonymy

♦ Castalius margaritaceus Sharpe, [1892]: 636, Pl.48 fig.3.
♦ Cupido margaritaceus [Sharpe]; Aurivillius, in Seitz, 1924: 467, Pl.73c.
♦ Castalius margaritaceus phasma (forma) Talbot, 1935: 48, Pl.2 fig.14. Synonymy in Ackery, et al., 1995: 646.
♦ Castalius margaritaceus margaritaceus Sharpe; Talbot, 1935: 48; Bridges, 1994: VIII.283, IX.132.
♦ Tuxentius margaritaceus [Sharpe]; Ackery, et al., 1995: 646.

References

• Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R. & Vane-Wright, R.I. (Editors), 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, U.K.: i–xi, 1–803. Open Library. Reference page. 
• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Seitz, A. 1908–1927. Die afrikanischen Tagfalter. Die Grossschmetterlinge der Erde 13: 1–613, pls. 1–80. Reference page. 
• Sharpe, E., [1892]. Descriptions of new butterflies collected by Mr. F.J. Jackson, F.Z.S., in British East Africa. Part II. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891: 633-638. Reference page. 
• Talbot, G. 1935. New species and forms of African Lycaenidae (Lep.: Rhop.) [and supplement]. Entomologist's monthly magazine 71: 69-78, 115-127, 147-153; ill.; Suppl.: 202-209; ill. buy. Reference page. 

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